History Recap / GameOfThronesS3E3WalkOfPunishment

At the '''Crossroads Inn''', Arya is advised that it would be in her best interests to travel with the Brotherhood without Banners for the time being. She witnesses Sandor Clegane being carted off to be taken to the Brotherhood's Leader, Beric Dondarrion. She asks him if he remembers the last time he was here, when he killed Arya's friend Mycah. The Hound has apparently [[ButForMeItWasTuesday forgotten the incident]]. Hot Pie has made some brown bread for the innkeeper's wife, and so impressed her that she offered him a job. He's decided to settle down and become an NPC -- probably the smartest thing he's done in the series so far. Before saying a fond farewell, he gives Arya a loaf of bread in the shape of a direwolf.

Not far away, also in the '''Riverlands''', Jaime and Brienne have been captured by Bolton soldiers. Regarding the prospect of her being raped that night, Jaime advises Brienne not to resist, or she will surely be killed. Realistically, he knows that she will not follow his advice. That evening, with Brienne struggling against her assailants, Jaime tells Locke, the captain of the soldiers, that Brienne's father is very wealthy and will pay his daughter's weight in sapphires if she is returned unharmed with her honour intact. Intrigued by the prospect, Locke orders his men to leave Brienne alone.

In '''Astapor''', Daenerys is still considering the prospect of buying an army of Unsullied. At the city's Walk of Punishment, she sees a multitude of crucified slaves left as a warning to others. She tries to give one of them water, but he refuses, asking to be left to die. Considering the ethics of buying an army of eunuch slave soldiers, her advisers are of different opinions. Ser Barristan Selmy tells her that her brother Rhaegar's men followed him into battle out of loyalty, out of respect for his chivalrous nature. Jorah Mormont points out that as noble as Rhaegar might have been, he still ended up dead. Furthermore, Jorah recalls the sack of King's Landing during Robert's Rebellion and the atrocities inflicted on the civilian population. The Unsullied, on the other hand, are perfectly disciplined and trained not to kill anyone unless ordered to do so. Being eunuchs, they will not commit rape either. This argument apparently sways Dany, who goes to Master Kraznys offering one of her dragons in exchange for all the Unsullied in Astapor, despite both her advisers' protests at the deal. She also asks for Kraznys's interpreter Missandei as a token of goodwill.

At the '''Crossroads Inn''', Arya is advised that it would be in her best interests to travel with the Brotherhood without Banners for the time being. She witnesses Sandor Clegane being carted off to be taken to the Brotherhood's Leader, Beric Dondarrion. She asks him if he remembers the last time he was here, when he killed Arya's friend Mycah. The Hound has apparently [[ButForMeItWasTuesday forgotten the incident]]. Hot Pie has been given a job as a baker at the inn. Before saying a fond farewell, he gives Arya a loaf of bread in the shape of a direwolf.

* BenevolentBoss: Tyrion shows that Lannisters really do pay their debts.

* AThreesomeIsHot: And a Foursome is even hotter -- Tyrion shows that a Lannister really does pay his debts.

* BlackComedy:
** Edmure Tully's repeated failed attempts to hit his father's funeral barge with a flaming arrow. We don't even have to see the last one to know what happened. Invoked InUniverse, as Robb has to suppress his laughter.

* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: A very dark version of this trope is presented when Jaime suggests to Brienne that she think of Renly when her would-be rapists have their way with her. Jaime knows that Brienne will be killed if she resists.

* TableSpace: Unlike the other sycophants on the Small Council, Tyrion sits as far as possible from his father, yet directly opposite him, showing their adversarial relationship.

* {{Fanservice}}: Another gratuitous nude scene which isn't in the novels involving three of Littlefinger's whores, one of them played by a contortionist!

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* WhatAnIdiot: Theon is told [[spoiler: by Ramsay]] to flee east to reach Deepwood Motte. Being raised by the Lords Paramount of the North, Theon should know that Deepwood Motte is in the westernmost part of the kingdom. He blindly follows the advice and ends up caught by his pursuers.

* TheScream: The episode finishes with aime's scream as his hand is cut off. It's particularly effective because it takes him a while to realize what's happened, and his scream sounds more like horror than pain.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Seeing as these questions are being put to Robb's pretty young wife...
-->"Does Robb Stark turn into a wolf at night?"
-->"Yes."
-->"Does he eat people?"
-->"Yes."

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: No more sword fighting for Jaime.]]

* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Jaime's hand getting cut off for his arrogance.]]

* EvilIsPetty: Locke [[spoiler: cuts Jaime's hand off]] apparently just because he was irritated by his aristocratic arrogance.

* KickTheDog: Jaime was already restrained and docile, so [[spoiler: cutting his hand off]] served no practical purpose.

** The song over the credits is a rock version of "The Bear and the Maiden Fair". It completely jars with [[spoiler: Jaime having his hand cut off.]]

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Locke gives Jaime a well-deserved one, mocking him for acting as if he's better than others and in control, when in fact nearly all of his influence and power comes from his father, and that when separated from him Jaime is helpless and should talk more wisely. [[spoiler: To emphasise his point, he then lops off Jaime's hand.]]

* TheScream: The episode finishes with [[spoiler: Jaime's scream as his hand is cut off. It's particularly effective because it takes him a while to realize what's happened, and his scream sounds more like horror than pain. The pain will presumably come in the next episode, when his body gets over the shock.]]

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney [=/=] ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: As is standard procedure for a Lannister in a pinch, Jaime plays this card with Locke. [[spoiler: It backfires rather spectacularly.]]

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: For Jaime's arc, as his hand is chopped off by Bolton bannermen. In the books this is one of the most important things to happen to him, along with killing the Mad King.]]

* FalseReassurance: Jaime tells Locke his father could make him a wealthy man for the rest of his life. Of course, that life might be cut short by the drop at the end of a rope...

* OnlyknownByTheirNickname
-->'''Brynden:''' He (Hoster) asked me to stop calling myself 'Blackfish.' [[BlackSheep Said it was an old joke, and it was never funny to begin with.]] I told him people have been calling me 'Blackfish' for so long, they don't remember my real name.

* OverlyLongGag: Tyrion takes his time loudly dragging his chair into position, while the Small Council exchange incredulous looks.

* DirtyOldMan: Sansa thinks that Littlefinger is too old to be interested in her. Shae dryly comments that men never think they're too old.

* {{Fanservice}}: Another gratuitous nude scene which isn't in the novels, involving three of Littlefinger's whores, one of them played by a contortionist!